Map sources for Bedale at grid reference SE2688

The centre of Bedale with St. Gregory‘s church in the background

Bedale is a small market town and civil parish in the district of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England, at the foot of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1125, 106 KB)Personal photograph taken by Mick Knapton on 15th February 2004 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1125, 106 KB)Personal photograph taken by Mick Knapton on 15th February 2004 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ... In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Hambleton is a local government district of North Yorkshire. ... Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire is a Shire county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Wensleydale is a dale, or valley, of the east side of the Pennines in the North Riding of Yorkshire, in England. ... A village in the Yorkshire Dales The Yorkshire Dales lie in an area of high ground in North and West Yorkshire, England. ...

The post-Conquest town was founded by Scollandus, an official in residence at Richmond Castle. This is the site of a castle built in the reign of King Edward I of England, by the son of the Duke of Brittany; Bryan FitzAlan, Baron Bedale. Bryan was Lord-Lieutenant (viceroy) of Scotland, for His Majesty the King of England and Wales, Edward the Longshanks. It is from Bryan that Edward was notable as Hammer of the Scots, for he was a chief baron amongst the others involved in the border battles, such as those with William Wallace. Bryan himself was related to the forthcoming House of Stuart whose origins were in Dinan, Pays de Dol, Brittany and gaining steady power in Scotland, Arundel, Norfolk and Ireland as magistrates and mostly under the name FitzAlan. This Lord also built Askham Bryan in the city of York. The 12th century Keep is 100 feet high The Castle walls and towers seen from the Keep Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire, England, stands in a breathtaking position above the River Swale and close to the centre of the town of Richmond. ... The main gatehouse of Harlech Castle, Wales. ... King Edward I of England (June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307), popularly known as Longshanks because of his 6 foot 2 inch frame and the Hammer of the Scots (his tombstone, in Latin, read, Hic est Edwardvs Primus Scottorum Malleus, Here lies Edward I, Hammer of the Scots), achieved fame... The Duke of Brittany (French: Duc de Bretagne) governed Brittany, a region with strong traditions of independence, including a language and culture all its own. ... Spaytans brader Baron is a specific title of nobility or a more generic feudal qualification. ... The title Lord-Lieutenant is given to the British monarchs personal representatives around the United Kingdom. ... A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province as a substitute for the monarch. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Sir William Wallace (c. ... The Coat of Arms of Queen Anne, the last British monarch of the House of Stuart The House of Stuart or Stewart was Scotlands, and then Great Britains, royal house, of Breton origin. ... Steep street from Dinan to the river Dinan is a walled Breton town and a commune in the Côtes-dArmor département, France. ... Traditional coat of arms This article is about the historical duchy and French province, as well as the cultural area of Brittany. ... The oldest extant Earldom (and perhaps the oldest extant title) in the English peerage is the Earldom of Arundel currently held by the Duke of Norfolk, and used as a courtesy title by his heir. ... Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk holding the baton of the Earl Marshal. ... Askham Bryan is a village in the unitary authority of City of York in the north of England, south west of York, Yorkshire, west of Bishopthorpe, and close to Askham Richard. ... York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ...

Bedale St. Gregory is the parish church in the Church of England in the rural deanery of Wensley within the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds. Existing historic buildings include an eighteenth century apothecary's store for leeches, an underground ice house used for preserving food, and the fourteenth century market cross. Bedale is home to a small museum, numerous Georgian buildings, and a station on the Wensleydale Railway, which runs to Redmire via Leyburn. The Thorpe Perrow Arboretum lies nearby, as do the villages of Burneston, Burrill-cum-Cowling, Exelby and Firby. A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... The Diocese of Ripon and Leeds is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Apothecary (prononuced eh-poh-thek-ary, from the Latin apothecarius, a keeper of an apotheca, Gr. ... Orders Arhynchobdellida or Rhynchobdellida There is some dispute as to whether Hirudinea should be a class itself, or a subclass of the Clitellata. ... An ancient ice house, called a yakhchal, built in Kerman, Iran during the middle ages, for storing ice during summers. ... (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... A market cross is a structure used to mark a market square in market towns. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... Wensleydale Railway plc took over running passenger trains on a length of the railway that previously linked Northallerton with Hawes in 2003: the railway had been almost closed apart from very occasional freight trains to Catterick. ... Leyburn is a small market town in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom on the northern bank of the river Ure in Wensleydale. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Burneston is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. ... Firby is a small village and civil parish in Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. ...